The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-24
PERSONAL,

QUEEN VICTORIA has offered a considerable
sum for collection of letters of the late John
Brown, written to an humble Scotch acquaint-
ance.
ALLAN DoDwoRTH, who is in Europe, says that
over there, in a ball room every one dances with
every one else without an introduction. He does
not approve of the custom.
The library of Henry Ward Beecher, now in
the keeping of the American Art Association
contains very few novels. There is not even a
copy of Mr.. Beechers Norwood"
THE presentation to the Sultan of Mr.. Strauss,
the new United States Minister to Turkey has
been postponed until after the approaching cele-
bration Of the feast of the Bairam.
CABINs have been engaged for Mr. Irving,
Hiss Terry, and party in the North German
Lloyd steamer A0er. which is to leave South
ainpton for New York on Thursday, Oct. 20.
Ar the Tammany Society Fourth of July feast
talks" will be made by Coz Lee Secretary
Lamar Senators Vance and Blackburn Speaker
Carlisle Henry Watterson and MesSrs. Randall
and Morrison.
Mrs. ALEXANDER MITCHELL has kindly con
seIIted not TO contest her late husbands will and
will try TO scrape along with 100000 cash and
$4,000 annual income. There is weeping in the
tents of the lawyers
PHILIP D. ARMOUR is pretty good man TO
have for a father. The son who lately came out
of college has been taken into partnership and
fitted out with little bank account Of his own
to the tune of 100000.
Phil ARMOUR. it is stated, win be the next
millionaire owner Of a travelling steamer. lie
talks Of having a yacht built similar to Lord
Brassey Sunbeam and for the same purpose, a
voyage round the world
Count ToLsroI not only wears peasants
clothes, but he makes shoes for his peasants
and sends his own daughters TO help them in
haying. Georg Brandes, the Danish critic calls
him the Russian Rousseau"
TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD. CoxS., this year
celebrates the siXtieth anniversary of the grad
uation Of its first class in 1897. But one mem
Der Of the class survives--liev. Oliver HopsoE,
of Madalin. Duchess county, ~ Y.
CHANDos FULTON, one of the directors Of the
Lotos Club in New York, ordered and paid
for his own coffin several years ago, and keeps
IL in his room, not as a memento mort, but as a
closet for choice liquors and cigars.
ALBERT MENIER, the heir of the late French
chocolate manufacturer, who is travelling in this
country, Is spending his huge fortune very iih
orally For awhile he was a private soldier in
the French army, and had to help clean out q
stable every morning.
Mrs. LIvERMoRE has delivered more than 800
temperance addresses, nearly 100 of these in
Boston. For many yecrs she has lectured five
nights q week for five months Ia the year; she
travels yearly $1,000 miles, besides working late
into the night TO maintain her immense cores
pondena
WHLt in California Mrs. Langtry viii make
her headquarters In Oakland. A small house
prettily furnished will serve as a home for the
Lily during the summer, and she intends TO
leave a large part of her wardrobe and few
servants at Oakland when she visits the Yosern-
ite Mrs. Iangtry viii give two performances
visit will Tor the most part DO devoted to rest
Gg1d recreation.